Cigarette

No Smoking Day: On this day, the emphasis is to highlight how smoking tobacco poses a grave threat to human health. Tobacco is a deadly cocktail of over 60 carcinogens which can lead to the growth of both benign and malignant tumors.

Bhopal man stands on top of a car and smokes cigarette. Viral video

In a video posted on X (formerly Twitter), the man, wearing a white shirt, black trousers and goggles, could be seen standing on the roof of the car with a cigarette in his hand in Bhopal.

ITC becomes seventh Indian firm to cross Rs 6 lakh crore m-cap

Earlier, Reliance Industries Ltd, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Hindustan Unilever, and Infosys Ltd have achieved this milestone. Shares of the Kolkata-based conglomerate rallied over 48 percent so far this year.

World No Tobacco Day: 5 ways to help you quit smoking

Tobacco consumption can lead to a host of health problems. On World Tobacco Day 2023, here are some ways to help you quit smoking.

Sachin Tendulkar on tobacco ads: 'Got many offers but never accepted any of them'

'This was a promise I made to my father... That is why I have never endorsed tobacco products,' Sachin Tendulkar said.

ITC: The one Indian conglomerate that’s in no hurry to win

The country’s eighth-largest publicly traded firm has a market value of $60 billion; it’s sitting on nearly $2 billion of net cash. The 93 percent of profit ITC returned to investors in the last financial year is a relief from the blistering growth family-run Indian businesses have pursued, writes Andy Mukherjee

Duty hike on cigarette to have a nominal impact on prices, say experts

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharama in the Union Budget for 2023-24 on Wednesday proposed to revise and increase the duty on cigarettes to about 16 per cent.

Budget 2023: How rising taxes on cigarettes are burning a hole in the smoker’s pocket

The government increased excise duty on cigarettes by about 16 percent in Budget 2023-24

Budget 2023: Cigarettes to get costlier and Twitter is blowing up with memes

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a hike in taxes on cigarettes in the Union Budget on Wednesday, sparking memes and jokes on social media.

Delhi HC orders compliance with law prohibiting manufacture, sale of e-cigarettes

The petition sought a direction to police to forthwith seize the entire contraband of the illegal stock of e-cigarettes and other related substances and to the Centre to immediately remove all related content from online websites.

From stubs to soft toys, an Indian factory reprocesses cigarette ends

The material is composed of cigarette stubs, separated into fibres and cleaned and bleached after being gathered from the city streets where they had been discarded along with millions of others.

Cigarette sales set to rise 5-6 pc to surpass pre-Covid level this fiscal: Report

Rating agency Crisil said it expects the volume to go past 93 billion sticks this year on the back of increased outdoor mobility after ebbing of the pandemic restrictions and a stable tax regime.

World No-Tobacco Day | Carrots, chocolates and pilgrimages

Stuck at home during the pandemic, these smokers tried different ways to quit cigarettes. Some of them worked.

No Tobacco Day: Bhutan banned smoking and it didn’t go so well

No Tobacco Day: Bhutan provides an important lesson for other nations considering tobacco bans.

EXCLUSIVE: Digital and sustainability are mega trends that will shape the post-pandemic future: ITC Chairman Sanjiv Puri 

Market forces willing, Puri claimed, ITC is keen to invest Rs 10,000 crore over the next three years for acquisitions in the FMCG and IT business

ITC: The wait gets longer for value unlocking

Investors need to keep an eye on volume growth in cigarettes and FMCG businesses

New Zealand to ban cigarette sales for future generations

People aged 14 and under in 2027 will never be allowed to purchase cigarettes in the Pacific country of five million, part of proposals unveiled on Thursday that will also curb the number of retailers authorised to sell tobacco and cut nicotine levels in all products.

ITC: What can reverse the underperformance despite its cheap valuation?

Higher dividend yield to protect valuation on the downside for ITC

Philip Morris to phase out cigarettes in Japan within decade

Japan, considered by some a smoker's paradise, has long been an outlier in the developed world for cigarette use.

Lots of smoke: Seizure of illegal cigarettes was 9 times higher in FY21

With higher taxes burning a deep hole in smokers’ pockets, the volume and share of legal cigarettes in India is falling amid a rise in the smuggling of illegal gaspers and bidis.

Tobacco farmers' body urges govt for 'pragmatic' approach on cigarette taxation

The Federation of All India Farmer Associations (FAIFA) said it had also appealed to Finance Minister Nirmala Sithraman to have a "pragmatic approach" on cigarette taxation at a meeting on Wednesday evening.

Cigarette stub causes fire panic in Air India flight as washroom bin catches fire

The flight managed to land at the scheduled time of 4:15 a.m., and all the passengers were reported to be safe and unharmed.

Expect 3-4% decline in cigarette volumes by end of this year: Godfrey Phillips

CNBC-TV18’s Sapna Das caught up with KK Modi of Godfrey Phillips India who expects a 3-4 percent decline in cigarette volumes by the end of this year.

Investors lost nearly Rs 50K crore in trade in ITC; FPIs hold 20% stake, LIC 16.25%

ITC which holds a weightage of 7.2 percent in Sensex was the biggest contributor for the declines in the index.

Use GST to curb illegal cigarette trade, says tobacco body

The institute, a body representing interests of legal cigarette makers such as ITC, Godfrey Philips and VST, also said the government must also consider the plight of distressed tobacco farmers.